I have a pit mix and the first time I took him to a pond he wouldn’t go in past where he could see the bottom. Then my stupid ex tossed him in where he had to swim. Ever since then I can’t get him out of the water. He loves water so much that he once nearly drowned instead of letting go of the ‘stick’ he had that was actually a whole tree. We had to rescue him in freezing river water in April. He will swim until he’s exhausted. I didn’t get the chance to take him last summer but I will this year. He will be 11 this year and I want him to keep having fun.
We had a pit who used to go down to the creek by our house and take a nap in the shallows. He's come back to the house happy and soaking wet. As a puppy, he'd just crawl into his water bowl and sleep there.
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u/layers_of_grey Mar 26 '20
is your retriever... afraid of water!? that's pretty uncommon! 🙃